Research Internship

About Us:

We believe that the dominance eBay has enjoyed in recent years is giving way to web 2.0 specialist auction sites with strong community elements. Over the last three years its team has built category killer software to specifically target large communities of collectors allowing it to compete with eBay in a number of their markets. We operate a number of communities with the following features:

Niche specific blogs, clubs, directories, competitions, events, forums, friendships, galleries, videos
A Catalogue of every toy ever produced
Context engine allowing all content to be personalised (a member only sees only Batman stuff, L.A. Lakers memorabilia, stamps from Indonesia or all of them - subject to what he likes or chooses)
A Google Finance style Collection Management capability that links press releases and buy/sell events to track the current value of individual collectables together with a collectors entire portfolio.

Tasks:

Sub-editing user-submitted spreadsheets for compliance with established conventions
Where very large amounts of data need to be categorised, defining and optimising data categorisations for ease of use and amending user-submitted spreadsheets accordingly
Creating category data spreadsheets from scratch
Explaining the formatting requirements to users and assisting them with any queries or problems they encounter
Assisting the marketing team with solicitation of volunteers from the collecting community for the provision of information
Other editorial tasks around the site as required
General office duties

Skills Needed:

We are looking for enthusiasm and the willingness to learn. You do not need to be a toy or model expert, although an interest in the arena would be a help, as would an editorial or sub-editing background.

Skills to be acquired:

You will be in direct contact to users and an integrated member of the marketing team right from the start

Period: min. 5 months, 1 day vacation per month

Financial Support: £ 500/month

Place of Internship: Amersham

Office Hours: Mo – Fr. 9am – 6pm – 1hr for lunch